Maddie Firth and Emma Greive
Temperate Rain Forests 2
Environmental Science
3. Western North America (Southeastern Alaska to Central California)
Southwestern South America (Southern Chile and adjacent Argentina)
Northwest Europe (southern Norway to northern Spain)
4. There's no specific latitude. They're almost all costal regions. Southeast Asia is the only one that isn't costal.
5. 200 cm
6. the soils are rich with nutrients from fallen leaves
7. The weather in temperate rainforests are very humid with high temperatures. They has wet summers and dry winters. Cyclones can occur and lots of rain falls every year.
8. Stinging Nettle - They are prickly so animals will stay away and not eat them.
temperate rainforest plants stinging nettle
Western Red Cedar - The leaves fall off in the winter
Salmonberry - They're eaten by animals because they are berries
Fireweed and Cattail
temperate rainforest plants salmonberry
western red plants of the temperate rainforest
9. a there are roosevelt elk stay in the temperate rainforest and adapt their diet to the changing weather, in the summer they eat weeds and grass, and in the winter they eat blackberries and shrubs
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b moutain lions hunt for deer, wild sheep, raccoons, and beavers. they aren't really affected by changes in seasons and remain active all year.
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c grey wolves also don't change their dietary habits during the different seasons, they mostly eat moose, deer, and some small animals.
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d there are also bears, and deer in temperate rain forests.Bib.Knight, By Jason. "Five Temperate Rainforest Plants to Know in the
Pacific Northwest." Wilderness Survival School | Alderleaf Wilderness
College - Survival Courses. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.wildernesscollege. com/temperate-rainforest- plants.html>.
Temperate Rain Forests 2
Environmental Science
3. Western North America (Southeastern Alaska to Central California)
Southwestern South America (Southern Chile and adjacent Argentina)
Northwest Europe (southern Norway to northern Spain)
4. There's no specific latitude. They're almost all costal regions. Southeast Asia is the only one that isn't costal.
5. 200 cm
6. the soils are rich with nutrients from fallen leaves
7. The weather in temperate rainforests are very humid with high temperatures. They has wet summers and dry winters. Cyclones can occur and lots of rain falls every year.
8. Stinging Nettle - They are prickly so animals will stay away and not eat them.
Western Red Cedar - The leaves fall off in the winter
Salmonberry - They're eaten by animals because they are berries
Fireweed and Cattail
9. a there are roosevelt elk stay in the temperate rainforest and adapt their diet to the changing weather, in the summer they eat weeds and grass, and in the winter they eat blackberries and shrubs
Pacific Northwest." Wilderness Survival School | Alderleaf Wilderness
College - Survival Courses. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.wildernesscollege. com/temperate-rainforest- plants.html>.
"Temperate Rainforest--Animals." MBGnet. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/ rforest/temprf/animals.htm>.
"The Temperate Rain Forest." World Builders Home Page Build Your Own
World!!! Web. 09 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.world-builders. org/lessons/less/biomes/ rainforest/temp_rain/temprain. html>.